5.0.0

Added

• JavaScript sources and TypeScript declarations are now available in both CommonJS- and ESM-compatible variants (#226)
• Add option to changelog validation to ensure that each entry in the changelog links to one or more originating PRs (#222)
  • Pass --pr-links to the CLI, or pass ensureValidPrLinksPresent to validateChangelog to enable this behavior, ideally in your lint package script or CI workflow
• Add an optional shouldExtractPrLinks option to parseChangelog (#222)
  • When true, this will extract pull request links from the text of each entry, identify the pull numbers, and keep them in a separate array
  • See note on Changelog.getReleaseChanges below for more

Changed

• BREAKING: Changelog.getReleaseChanges now returns an object whose values are objects of shape { description: string; prNumbers: string[] } rather than simply string (the description) (#222)
  • This affects parseChangelog as well, since it returns an instance of Changelog
• BREAKING: Bump minimum Node version to 18.20 (#227)
• BREAKING: Custom subpath imports are no longer supported (#226)
  • You may now only import @metamask/auto-changelog and @metamask/auto-changelog/package.json

4.1.0

Added

• Add --autoCategorize flag to update command (#212)
  • When populating the Unreleased section, the tool will look for Conventional Commits prefixes in commit message subjects and place matching commits in corresponding categories automatically.
  • Supported prefixes are feat (which routes to "Added") and fix (which routes to "Fixed").

4.0.0

Changed

• BREAKING: Drop support for Node.js <18.18 (#203)
• BREAKING: Require prettier@>=3.0.0 (#202)
  • Prettier is now a peer dependency of this package.
• BREAKING: Enable Prettier formatting by default (#204)
  • Changelogs are now formatted with Prettier by default when using the CLI.
  • You can opt-out of this change by specifying --no-prettier.

3.4.4

Added

• Retain tag history on update command for renamed packages with new options (#182)

  • Introduced --version-before-package-rename and --tag-prefix-before-package-rename options for update command.

3.4.3

Changed

• Place this library under the MIT / Apache 2.0 dual license (#175)

3.4.2

Fixed

• Remove circular dependency on @metamask/utils (#170)

3.4.1

Fixed

• Add missing dependency @metamask/utils (#168)

3.4.0

Added

• Retain tag history for renamed packages with new validation options (#157)

  • Introduced --version-before-package-rename and --tag-prefix-before-package-rename options for validate command.

3.3.0

Added

• Add --prettier option for Prettier-formatted changelogs (#155)

3.2.0

Added

• Add --fix option to validate command (#148)